If I had never encountered a tea bowl,
Maybe he wasn't a potter.
Certainly this is sometimes necessary, just like art in general,
Sometimes it's unnecessary.
As Raku Choinyu writes in his catalogue for Black Rock, White Rock:
"A tea bowl is a tea bowl" has a deep meaning in one repetition
It is identical to Gertrude Stein's "A Rose is a Rose is a Rose."
It is above all spiritual,
It's an exploration of freedom, there's no doubt about that.
Anders Prodel
The Lascaux Caves are located 20 minutes by car from my hometown of Roubignac in southwestern France.
He visited the site at the age of 13 and was awed by the 20,000-year-old cave paintings.
After studying philosophy and aesthetics at university and earning a doctorate, he came across tea bowls.
The circumstances that led to the two-person exhibition with the 15th generation Raku Kichizaemon at the Sagawa Art Museum in 2020 include:
How passionately Naoiri and Andoche's deep and precious philosophy was discussed in France and Kyoto.
Abstract paintings and tea bowls will be on display at Ginza Ippodo.
Keiko Aono, Ippodo
Andoche Praudel
Anders Prodel
1950
Born in Roubignac, Corrèze, southwestern France.
1978
Graduated from the University of Nanterre, Paris 10. Obtained a PhD in Aesthetics and Philosophy.
1989
He met the ceramist Shozo Tanida in San Miguel, Mexico, and discovered pottery.
1992
Taught at the Louvre Museum Atelier Course (until 2006)
1993
In addition to Ryoji Koie's studio, he has also produced works at pottery studios throughout Japan (until 1995).
1999
Stayed in Kyoto for 4 months as selected by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(Author of "Japanese Ceramics / From its Origin to 2000 Years", published in Paris, etc.)
2006
"Etes vous RAKU?", a book about Raku ware, published in Paris
2010
Sagawa Art Museum Raku Kichizaemon Museum "Kichizaemon x Under the Sky of Loubignac" Two-person Exhibition
2015
Invited to exhibit at "Reveration" at the Grand Palais in Paris
2019: 3-month residency and production in Jingdezhen, China
Solo exhibition at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi in 2023
Since 2010, he has held numerous solo exhibitions in France and Japan.
